Benny Johnson on X - "Meet Lawrence Reed. He is facing terrorism charges after setting a 26-year-old woman on fire aboard a Chicago train. According to reports, he doused her in gasoline and ignited it saying “burn alive b*tch.” Reed has been arrested 49 times. FORTY-NINE. 10 of them being felonies. And yet judges kept putting him back on the streets. They failed to protect the public. They failed that young woman. This tragedy was preventable, and the judges who enabled it need to be held accountable."
CTA fire attack suspect knocked a psych ward employee unconscious, but a judge decided to let him walk the streets: court docs - "The man being questioned by Chicago police, suspected of setting a woman on fire as they rode a Blue Line train in the Loop on Monday night, was walking the streets only because a Cook County judge refused to keep him in jail after he allegedly knocked a social worker unconscious at a west suburban psychiatric hospital, court records show. (UPDATE: Charges filed. Story here.) Rather than detaining the man, who was deemed too dangerous for a psych ward, the judge rejected prosecutors’ requests in August to keep him safely locked in jail. Instead, she sent him home on an ankle monitor. And while clerk of court entries indicate he was on “24/7” electronic monitoring, paperwork shows the judge actually allowed him to leave his home from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekdays... At about 9:25 p.m. Monday, the 26-year-old woman was sitting on the train using her phone when the man walked up and poured liquid from a beverage bottle on her head, a source said. The woman ran through the train car, but he caught up with her and set the liquid, as well as portions of his own body, on fire... The victim, who was on duty at the time, suffered “extreme nausea, severe pain in the eye and head, and difficulty with balance” that prompted two emergency room visits, the petition said. She “likely has optic nerve bruising and a concussion causing her to experience memory issues, headaches, and daily nausea”... electronic monitoring only tracks location. It does not restrain people, and authorities do not deploy arrest teams when someone on monitoring fails to return home... In 2022, the attack suspect pleaded guilty to setting a sizeable fire that damaged the exterior of a government building in the Loop, court records show. A judge sentenced him to two years of “mental health probation.” While on that probation, he was arrested three times for misdemeanors, including twice for battery. Prosecutors dropped all of those cases, and he completed probation “satisfactory.” Over the weekend, someone matching the suspect’s general description set a fire outside City Hall on LaSalle Street, according to a CPD report. Mayor Brandon Johnson told the press on Monday, “While we do not know the motives of this attempted arson, it goes without saying that this type of violence has no place in our politics.” Yesterday, we asked his office if Johnson had any evidence that politics played any role in the City Hall fire. We are still waiting for a response."
Send in more social workers to help him! The police will execute him because they are judge, jury and executioner, and we can't have that
Benny Johnson on X - "Meet Judge Theresa-Molina Gonzalez. She freed Lawrence Reed despite 72 prior arrests, letting him set 26-year-old Bethany MaGee on fire on a Chicago train. Here she is on video admitting that skin color and ethnicity influence her rulings."
Growing fury at Chicago judge who freed career criminal with 72 arrests and is now accused of setting devout Christian woman, 26, alight on train - "The billionaire also shared a post showing Zarutska and Magee together, captioned with a quote from Scottish philosopher Adam Smith reading: 'Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.' 'Wise words,' Musk added, in an X post that was viewed over 24 million times in one day. Other X users also shared footage of a speech the judge gave at a Hispanic Heritage Month event, where she said she enjoyed her previous role as a prosecutor because she had a 'chance to decide' what cases were prosecuted, as she often faced 'defendants who looked like me.'... The Trump Administration seized on the attack and Reed being out on bail to bolster its claim that the National Guard should be deployed to Chicago. 'As President Trump has long said, violent crime in Chicago is out of control,' White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told the Daily Mail. 'Local Democrat leaders, like (Illinois Governor JB) Pritzker, should spend their time addressing violent crime and welcoming the president's help on the issue instead of succumbing to their Trump Derangement Syndrome and letting violent crime run rampant. 'This tragic crime should have never happened and it sadly highlights the dangers of Democrat control.'"
Left wingers are going to blame Trump for inciting this attack
Woman, 26, identified as Chicago victim set on fire on CTA train by serial thug with 72 arrests : r/NewsWorthPayingFor - "Of all the murders and gun violence that happens, why does the NY Post put a magnifying glass to this tragedy? What is it that makes viewers flock to videos like this one? The NY Post is operating with a similar strategy that newspapers during Jim Crow used: Find a white victim, black perpetrator, racialize the crime, increase far-right lynch mob mentality, white vigilantism, and galvanize whites to collectively "punish" the black population by means of control through carceral institutions, so they can profit off the outrage. Before anyone responds, be mindful of your emotions, as I will be reporting any targeted attacks on my appearance (I'm black), character, or strays outside discussions over the merits of my ideas."
"Well this is a random attack where someone had gasoline poured over them and was set on fire in a public place which is shocking and newsworthy even by American standards irrespective of race. Are you suggesting that reporting on this is racism and it should go unreported to the wider public?"
"To the young person reading this, this is what they think of you. Just another story in a news reel that should be covered up immediately otherwise it’s racist."
"No, we have to underreport minorities committing crimes or people's feelings would be hurt :("
"The situation is racialized because the perpetrator has been given unique leniency because of his race. Far left soft on crime extremist like Chesa Boudin factually give slaps on the wrist to minority criminals because woke ideology says anyone theoretically oppressed in anyway can do no wrong... If black communities actually policed their own worst elements instead of enabling and glorifying them white people would be far less likely to feel that vigilantism was their only option left. They could unite with innocent moral black people against mass murderous gang bangers but such can't happen while good black people get branded uncle tom or "skin folk not kin folk" if they dare to demonize the violent monsters raping their own community to death."
"Remember their motto "Never ever, ever talk to the police" Oh what's that, your mom got killed by some YN on your block in a crossfire shooting? Too bad, no snitching"
"Even though there is nearly twice as many white people below the poverty line as black people, black on white violent crime happens about 2.5X more than white on black violent crime. But you're complaining about real instances of heinous crimes being reported? Maybe that's not the real issue."
"Imagine being more upset by the news actually being reported than an innocent person being lit on fire"
"Are you seriously crying about the purps skin color and then asking everyone else to check their emotions?"
If you report on a problem that's inconvenient for the left wing agenda, you're the problem and a bad person for noticing. You can't let people know about black criminals because the truth makes people "racist"
Woman, 26, identified as Chicago victim set on fire on CTA train by serial thug with 72 arrests : r/NewsWorthPayingFor - "The same people telling you to trust them with your safety and to give up your self protection are the same ones who let him back out all those times."
Meme - Caleb Hammer @sircalebhammer: "I want high-speed rail. I want public transit. But when you live in a country where a violent criminal is released 72 times, no one will ever be willing to take that transportation, so we will never invest in it. And that's fair. Address antisocial behavior first, then build."
Hayden @the_transit _guy: "France has 2,185 miles of high-speed rail, btw. *Texas overlaying map of France, being somewhat bigger*"
France has twice the population despite being smaller too
Geiger Capital on X - "El Salvador is on track to be the safest country in the Western Hemisphere in 2025… You can just remove violent people from society and make life better for everyone else."
Geiger Capital on X - "The reason many of our leaders hate Nayib Bukele in El Salvador is because he has quickly proven that crime and societal decline are not inevitable or beyond control… It’s a deliberate choice allowed by weak leaders and terrible policies."
Crémieux on X - "We now have the confirmed and finalized homicide rate for El Salvador in 2025. 1.19. 38% and about 75% lower than the rates in Canada and the U.S., respectively, in 2024. This even beats some European countries, like France. This is staggering."
Tom Harwood on X - "Turns out removing violent people from society massively reduces the amount of violence in society."
Benny Johnson on X - "To Democrats, BLM, and the activist judges who side with and protect criminals: if you truly care about black lives, lock up the career offenders. Just 1% of offenders commit 90% of violent crimes. Washington D.C. cut crime by 94% by putting them behind bars. El Salvador did the same. Face evil. Punish it. Protect innocent lives."
Thread by @cremieuxrecueil on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "El Salvador is now a safe country. The reason why should teach us something about commitment. The government there has previously attempted crackdowns twice in the form of mano dura—hard hand—, but they failed because they didn't hit criminals hard enough. Then Bukele really did
In fact, previous attempts backfired compared to periods in which the government made truces with the gangs. The government cracking down a little bit actually appeared to make gangs angrier! You'd have been in your right to conclude 'tough on crime fails', but you'd be wrong. You have to *actually* enforce the law or policy won't work. Same story with three-strike laws, or any other measure. Incidentally, when did the gang problems begin for El Salvador? When the U.S. exported gang members to it. This was bad for El Salvador:"
Leonard J Davis on X - "They disbanded hundreds of judges including several Supreme Court judges. I suspect war on crime didn’t fail because mano dura was soft, but because Bukele rooted out the saboteurs from within."
Hardik Gohil on X - "A 98% drop sounds great on paper… but when half the country feels safe because they're scared to even question the govt, is that really freedom?"
ZUBY: on X - ""Here's why reducing the murder rate by 98% is bad ackshually... We'll also ignore the 90% approval rating.""
Ottawa police reporting 63 per cent increase in crime in last 10 years : r/OttawaNewsPulse - "Harper was in office exactly 10 years ago so what did he do to start this?"
This amazing cope is still in play
End Wokeness on X - "Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell: "When a man does 6 or 7 crimes, we do not know his life story… Maybe he was hungry. Therefore, I have zero desire jailing him.""
Hunter Ash on X - "The liberal false belief that crime is caused by society being mean to people is far more consequential for public policy than young earth creationism. Liberals are often right about a greater total number of things, but the ones they’re wrong about are civilization-defining."
Meme - "If a bartender overserves a drunk and that person kills someone on the road, the can be sued. If a physician discharges a psychiatric patient too soon and they go on to hurt others, the doctor can be sued. Society decided they had a duty to protect the public and can be held liable when they fail. So why are judges who release career criminals- known threats with long rap sheets-never held accountable when those animals assault, rob, or kill innocent people?"
Meme - Ron Chhinzer @RealRonChhinzer: "Reality check: if you think crime is bad now, just wait. Crime doesn't magically disappear, it explodes when a government ignores it. And that's exactly what the Liberals have done since 2015. Violent crime has surged, spiking after Bill C-75 weakened bail. Bill C-71 and C-21 punished lawful gun owners while gangs armed themselves freely. Then Bill gutted mandatory minimums, letting repeat violent offenders walk sooner. This is the Liberal legacy: policies that protect criminals, punish citizens, and leave communities less safe. You can't fix a problem with the same mind that created it, Canada."
Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 on X - "🚨🚨BREAKING The mayor of Pickering, Kevin Ashe says that the Pickering suspect who allegedly stabbing a random elderly woman multiple times was "affected by the Burden of mental health" and that the "arrest was troubling because it will have an impact on his life"
Luckily, the 83 year old victim Eleanor Doney died, so there will be no impact on her life
150 charges, 11 guns seized after traffic stop leads police to arrest of five Brampton residents - "of those charged with violent crimes, “nearly 50 per cent” are people who’ve been previously arrested and are out on bail or some other form of conditional release when arrested again... Peel police Chief Nishan Duraiappah said the vast majority, if not all illegal guns seized by police in Ontario originate in the U.S. and were smuggled into the province by criminal networks."
Time to crack down on legal gun owners to keep people safe, and release more suspects on bail because not to do so is racist
Group of boys, ages 14 and 15, assaulted and stabbed man in Riverdale, police say : r/Toronto_Ontario - "Why shouldn't they? Just a couple of weeks ago the last girl in that swarming, stabbing murder of that homeless man was tried and found not guilty. None of them were found guilty or sentenced to any meaningful time. I'm sure that even with mountains of evidence, none of these boys will be found guilty, or serve any meaningful time. So why shouldn't they assault and stab? If we pretend to punish crime, then people will only pretend to follow the law."
"If those people successfully defended themselves, our government would try everything to imprison them. We need a complete reform to our self-defense laws. It's stupid that in US, lives of innocents matter more than in Canada and we make our laws just so we are not like US."
Toronto what the hell is going on. : r/toRANTo - "Not only do the police do nothing, the judges who hold pre-trials and trials for the criminals also do nothing. I've had cops told me that they've arrested and turned over guys to the courts multiple times in the same day. They arrest some criminal for assault in the morning, the guy gets let out on bail by noon, and they arrest him again for another assault in the afternoon. It's as if the court system in Toronto and Ontario actually want to encourage crime. That's the only explanation. "The purpose of a system is what it does.""
Police ‘did nothing’ despite over 100 reports of shoplifting at same store - "A shopkeeper who has called police more than 100 times in a year to report shoplifting says they have done nothing to help. Mohammad Sheikh, the owner of News Plus in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, said the shop was targeted “every day” by shoplifters and had lost around £20,000 of goods in the year since it opened. He said he had reported every incident to the police but had yet to see any action taken against offenders. Mr Sheikh said: “The police tell us we can’t touch them, can’t stop them and can’t lock them in the store to await officers arriving.’ “The only advice police give us is to have two members of staff on all the time. We can’t afford to do that. “Even if we could, we could have 10 staff in here and it wouldn’t make a difference because we’re powerless against them.”... A shop staff member said: “It’s shocking, they come in at certain times of the day and they’re lifting sometimes hundreds of pounds worth of stuff.” In one of the most recent shocking incidents a person entered the shop, barged behind the counter and grabbed products before jumping over the counter, destroying the perspex screen and pulling over display units. Mr Sheikh said: “The city centre crime rate has gone up. It will create a bad image for Glasgow and people won’t want to come any more. People are afraid.”"
Weird. Left wingers keep proclaiming that the police only exist to protect property
Libs of TikTok on X - "Las Cruces, New Mexico Police Chief begs for help as he exposes career criminal repeat offender Neal Garcia who keeps being released back onto the streets by woke judges Garcia has 108 arrests including 15 felonies‼️ WE SHOULDN’T HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS"
Based Electrician⚡️🇺🇲 on X - "How does a career criminal get released after being arrested 108 times? Because activists have been granted power in the form of DA's and judges to wreak havoc on our communities. Remove the activists and solve the crime."
3 adults, 2 teens charged in fatal Kleinburg home invasion - "One of those individuals, 26-year-old Mississauga resident Amir Wiam Mohammad Abuhmaid, is charged with first-degree murder and several other related offences. “At the time of the homicide, Mr. Abuhmaid was out on four separate forms of release,” Fiore said during the news conference... YRP Chief Jim MacSween said the fact that the adult offender charged with first-degree murder in this case was out on four different types of release orders shows there’s a need for change. “I’m incredibly disappointed that dangerous criminals are continuously released back into the community, only to reoffend and revictimize the public,” he said during the news conference, adding it’s “extremely concerning” that a 16-year-old youth is wanted in connection with this incident. “We’re seeing the perpetrators become increasingly younger, while the severity of these crimes continues to escalate.”"
Clearly, he needs to be let out again, and the police are useless because their budget keeps increasing but they can't stop violent crime. Youth offenders need to be rehabilitated, so we can't punish them
Dapper Detective on X - "🚨BREAKING: Mugged by reality — staffer to Defund The Police advocate and Illinois Senate President Don Harmon — robbed at knifepoint. Harmon has legislated some of the most extreme soft-on-crime policies for Illinois and criminal justice reform at the behest of BLM."
New York Post on X - "Michigan man fatally shoots teen who broke into garage, sparking debate over ‘Stand Your Ground’ law"
Lauren Chen on X - "The problem isnt Stand Your Ground laws The problem is "teens" breaking into people's houses"
captive dreamer on X - "Prison abolition just means "inner city thugs" from "disadvantaged backgrounds" get to get off scot free and any normal home owner defending their house and family gets thrown into the gulag"
Meme - Noah Smith @noahpinion: "Remember, "prison abolitionist" actually just means "I should personally get to decide who goes to prison""
"evan loves worf @esjesjesj one piece, communist, prison abolitionist, Elon Musk-obsessed much, anti-zionist. on bsky"
evan loves worf @esjesjesj: "I think you should go to prison for blindly gunning down a teenager x.com/ mattwalshblog/..."
Meme - Dr. Dad, PhD 🔄🔼◀️🔽▶️ @GarrettPetersen: "Evan has recognized the flaw in prison abolition: if there's no prison, people will use force against criminals. So to resolve that, he wants a system where criminals can attack people and steal from them at will, but prison still exists to lock up anyone who defends themselves."
evan loves wort @esjesjesj: "It's a belief that the system needs to be unrecognizably overhauled but you would still need to defend people (teenagers) from violence (a guy who shoots teenagers)"
The Patriot Oasis™ on X - "🚨HOLY CRAP! Jeanine Pirro reveals that the Biden prosecutor for Washington, D.C., didn't prosecute 65% of the crimes in DC. She has prosecuted 92% of Crimes committed in DC!"
Andy Ngo on X - "Waldorf, Md. — James Bowman III, 40, was arrested on Nov. 7 for domestic violence. He allegedly bit and punched a female victim. Six hours after his arrest, Bowman was released without bail on the promise that he wouldn't harm the woman again. Less than an hour later, he returned to the scene of the previous night's crime and attacked the same woman again while she was holding a toddler. Police say Bowman struck the child in the forehead and beat the woman so badly that she was covered in blood. Bowman was charged with assault and child abuse, and is being held without bail. Though leftists and BLM activists claim that black men are imprisoned just for their race, a pattern emerges among offenders that they live a life of being repeatedly let out of prison or not held accountable for prior multiple crimes."
DLP on X - "When you see this type of judicial action, this is what they mean by “restorative justice” which is no justice at all."
Tamara Lich 🇨🇦 on X - "A voicemail from my early morning police check. My phone is always on dnd. I can see how this is going to be a problem going forward. Thankfully my daughter was coming off of nights and adjusting her sleep schedule. She was still awake and heard the knock at the door at 00:26."
Ari Goldkind on X - "As you all go to sleep tonight and tuck yourselves in, please rest safely, knowing that your CDN police are knocking on Tamara Lich’s door, but not knocking on the doors of the hundreds of home invaders, rapists, child, abusers, and wife beaters that are also out on house arrest"
Anarcho tyranny strikes again. Enemies of the regime must be dealt with. Political prisoners are shown no mercy
ZUBY: on X - "Many people on 'the left' sympathise with criminals more than they sympathise with law-abiding people. I see it constantly and it's bizarre. I don't think it's even a conscious process... They just reflexively defend bad guys. It's like a mothering instinct gone wrong."
Lex Jurgen on X - "There is a narrative on the Left that people only become criminals after being victimized themselves due to born circumstance, racism, colonizer oppression, classism, etc. If individuals have no control over becoming criminals, how can you hold them accountable?"
Paul Anleitner on X - "That’s because there’s been a radical change in how postmodern culture told stories about “villains.” Villains were reframed as victims of prior oppression or trauma. Crime became the excusable result of an unjust system, & “law abiding” meant being complicit in that system. *Elphaba from Wicked*"
Matt Van Swol on X - "🚨#BREAKING: Detabian Fortenberry of Charlotte NC, who has been arrested a MIND-BOGGLING... ...56 times (!!!) Was arrested AGAIN on Friday for ASSAULTING A WOMAN multiple times. Oh... and he's already out of prison. He's back on the streets today."
